diff --git a/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/DockerContainers.page b/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/DockerContainers.page
index 88e39798e..a06388956 100644
--- a/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/DockerContainers.page
+++ b/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/DockerContainers.page
@@ -34,13 +34,14 @@ img.stopped{opacity:0.3}
 .started{color:#009900}
 .stopped{color:#EF3D47}
 .switch-button-label.off{color:inherit}
-th.three{width:3%}
+th.five{width:5%}
+th.eight{width:8%}
 </style>
 <div id="dialog-confirm" style="display:none;" title="Dialog Title"></div>
 <div id="iframe-popup" style="display:none;-webkit-overflow-scrolling:touch;"></div>
 <span class="status" style="margin-top:-44px"><span><input type="checkbox" class="advancedview"></span></span>
 <table class="tablesorter shift" id="docker_containers">
-<thead><tr><th></th><th>Application</th><th>Version</th><th>Network</th><th>Port Mappings <small>(App to Host)</small></th><th>Volume Mappings <small>(App to Host)</small></th><th width="80px" style="text-align:center">Autostart</th><th class="three">Log</th></tr></thead>
+<thead><tr><th></th><th>Application</th><th>Version</th><th>Network</th><th>Port Mappings <small>(App to Host)</small></th><th>Volume Mappings <small>(App to Host)</small></th><th class="eight">Autostart</th><th class="five">Log</th><th class="five" style="text-align:right;padding-right:24px"><i class="fa fa-sort"></i></th></tr></thead>
 <tbody id="docker_list"><tr><td colspan='8' style='text-align:center;padding:24px'><i class='fa fa-circle-o-notch fa-spin fa-3x fa-fw'></i></td></tr></tbody>
 </table>
 <input type="button" onclick="addContainer()" value="Add Container" style="display:none">
@@ -85,10 +86,6 @@ function loadlist(update) {
     $('.autostart').change(function() {
       $.post( "/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/UpdateConfig.php",{action:'autostart',container:$(this).attr('container'),response:'json'},function(data){$(this).prop('checked',data.autostart);},'json');
     });
-    $('#docker_containers').tablesorter({
-      sortList:[[1,0]],headers:{0:{sorter:false},4:{sorter:false},5:{sorter:false},7:{sorter:false}},
-      textExtraction:{6:function(node,table,cellIndex){return $(node).find('input').prop('checked')?1:0;}}
-    });
     if ($.cookie('docker_listview_mode')=='advanced') {$('.advanced').show(); $('.basic').hide();}
     listview();
     context.init({preventDoubleContext:false});
@@ -98,6 +95,24 @@ function loadlist(update) {
     } else {
       $('input#checkAll').show(); $('input#updateAll').hide();      
     }
+    $('i.up,i.down').click(function() {
+      var row = $(this).parents('tr:first');
+      var color1 = row.css('background-color');
+      if ($(this).is('.up')) {
+        var color2 = row.prev().css('background-color');
+        row.prev().css('background-color',color1);
+        row.css('background-color',color2);
+        row.insertBefore(row.prev());
+      } else {
+        var color2 = row.next().css('background-color');
+        row.next().css('background-color',color1);
+        row.css('background-color',color2);
+        row.insertAfter(row.next());
+      }
+      var names = ''; var index = '';
+      row.parent().children().find('td.ct-name').each(function(){names+=$(this).text().replace(/Container ID.*$/,'')+';';index+=$(this).parent().parent().children().index($(this).parent())+';';});
+      $.post('/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/UserPrefs.php',{names:names,index:index});
+    });
   });
 }
 $(function() {
diff --git a/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/ContainerManager.php b/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/ContainerManager.php
index e4b81ed61..affcfe830 100644
--- a/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/ContainerManager.php
+++ b/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/ContainerManager.php
@@ -12,16 +12,23 @@
  */
 ?>
 <?
-$docroot = $docroot ?? $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] ?: '/usr/local/emhttp';
+$user_prefs = '/boot/config/plugins/dockerMan/userprefs.cfg';
 
-exec("docker ps -a --format='{{.Names}}'",$container);
+exec("docker ps -a --format='{{.Names}}'",$all_containers);
+
+if (file_exists($user_prefs)) {
+  $prefs = parse_ini_file($user_prefs); $sort = [];
+  foreach ($all_containers as $ct) $sort[] = array_search($ct,$prefs) ?? 999;
+  array_multisort($sort,SORT_NUMERIC,$all_containers);
+}
 
 $action = $_POST['action'];
 switch ($action) {
-  case 'stop' : $state = 'true'; break;
+  case 'stop' : $state = 'true'; $all_containers = array_reverse($all_containers); break;
   case 'start': $state = 'false'; break;
 }
-foreach ($container as $ct) {
+
+foreach ($all_containers as $ct) {
   if (exec("docker inspect --format='{{.State.Running}}' $ct")==$state) exec("docker $action $ct >/dev/null");
 }
 ?>
diff --git a/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/CreateDocker.php b/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/CreateDocker.php
index 884dbf06b..9c1db9b2d 100644
--- a/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/CreateDocker.php
+++ b/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/CreateDocker.php
@@ -439,8 +439,7 @@ function xmlToCommand($xml, $create_paths=false) {
 
 function execCommand($command) {
   // $command should have all its args already properly run through 'escapeshellarg'
-  $cmdTmp = explode(";",$command);
-  $command = $cmdTmp[0];
+  // $command = explode(';',$command)[0]; // commented out, not sure if we want this!
 
   $descriptorspec = [
     0 => ["pipe", "r"],   // stdin is a pipe that the child will read from
diff --git a/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/DockerClient.php b/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/DockerClient.php
index b92adbe4f..c160e3c3b 100644
--- a/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/DockerClient.php
+++ b/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/DockerClient.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ $dockerManPaths = [
 	'template-repos'    => '/boot/config/plugins/dockerMan/template-repos',
 	'templates-user'    => '/boot/config/plugins/dockerMan/templates-user',
 	'templates-storage' => '/boot/config/plugins/dockerMan/templates',
+	'user-prefs'        => '/boot/config/plugins/dockerMan/userprefs.cfg',
 	'images-ram'        => '/usr/local/emhttp/state/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/images',
 	'images-storage'    => '/boot/config/plugins/dockerMan/images',
 	'webui-info'        => '/usr/local/emhttp/state/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/docker.json',
diff --git a/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/DockerContainers.php b/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/DockerContainers.php
index 1349d1ae4..752ce035b 100644
--- a/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/DockerContainers.php
+++ b/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/DockerContainers.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ $docroot = $docroot ?? $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] ?: '/usr/local/emhttp';
 // Add the Docker JSON client
 require_once "$docroot/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/DockerClient.php";
 
+$user_prefs = $dockerManPaths['user-prefs'];
 $DockerClient = new DockerClient();
 $DockerTemplates = new DockerTemplates();
 
@@ -26,17 +27,23 @@ if (!$all_containers) {
   return;
 }
 
+if (file_exists($user_prefs)) {
+  $prefs = parse_ini_file($user_prefs); $sort = [];
+  foreach ($all_containers as $ct) $sort[] = array_search($ct['Name'],$prefs) ?? 999;
+  array_multisort($sort,SORT_NUMERIC,$all_containers);
+}
+
 // Read network settings
 extract(parse_ini_file('state/network.ini',true));
 
 // Read container info
-$all = $DockerTemplates->getAllInfo();
+$all_info = $DockerTemplates->getAllInfo();
 $menu = [];
 $docker = ['var docker=[];'];
 
 foreach ($all_containers as $ct) {
   $name = $ct['Name'];
-  $info = &$all[$name];
+  $info = &$all_info[$name];
   $mode = $ct['NetworkMode'];
   $id = $ct['Id'];
   $imageID = $ct['ImageId'];
@@ -80,7 +87,7 @@ foreach ($all_containers as $ct) {
   echo "<div id='$id' style='display:block; cursor:pointer'><div style='position:relative;width:48px;height:48px;margin:0px auto'>";
   echo "<img src='".htmlspecialchars($icon)."' class='".htmlspecialchars($status)."' style='position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;width:48px;height:48px'>";
   echo "<i class='fa iconstatus fa-$shape $status' title='".htmlspecialchars($status)."'></i></div></div>";
-  echo "</td><td>";
+  echo "</td><td class='ct-name'>";
   if ($template) {
     echo "<a class='exec' onclick=\"editContainer('".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($name))."','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($template))."')\">".htmlspecialchars($name)."</a>";
   } else {
@@ -109,7 +116,9 @@ foreach ($all_containers as $ct) {
   echo "<td style='white-space:nowrap'><span class='docker_readmore'>".implode('<br>',$ports)."</span></td>";
   echo "<td style='word-break:break-all'><span class='docker_readmore'>".implode('<br>',$paths)."</span></td>";
   echo "<td><input type='checkbox' class='autostart' container='".htmlspecialchars($name)."'".($info['autostart'] ? ' checked':'')."></td>";
-  echo "<td><a class='log' onclick=\"containerLogs('".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($name))."','$id',false,false)\"><img class='basic' src='/plugins/dynamix/icons/log.png'><div class='advanced' style='width:124px;'>".htmlspecialchars(str_replace('Up','Uptime',$ct['Status']))."</div><div class='advanced'>Created ".htmlspecialchars($ct['Created'])."</div></a></td></tr>";
+  echo "<td><a class='log' onclick=\"containerLogs('".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($name))."','$id',false,false)\"><img src='/plugins/dynamix/icons/log.png'></a><span class='advanced' style='padding-left:8px'>";
+  echo htmlspecialchars(str_replace('Up','Uptime',$ct['Status']))."</span><div class='advanced' style='margin-top:4px'>Created ".htmlspecialchars($ct['Created'])."</div></td>";
+  echo "<td style='text-align:right;padding-right:12px'><a href='#' title='Move row up'><i class='fa fa-arrow-up up'></i></a>&nbsp;<a href='#' title='Move row down'><i class='fa fa-arrow-down down'></i></a></td></tr>";
 }
 foreach ($DockerClient->getDockerImages() as $image) {
   if (count($image['usedBy'])) continue;
diff --git a/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/UpdateConfig.php b/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/UpdateConfig.php
index 57ef3bda1..c1995dd6f 100644
--- a/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/UpdateConfig.php
+++ b/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/UpdateConfig.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?PHP
-/* Copyright 2005-2017, Lime Technology
- * Copyright 2014-2017, Guilherme Jardim, Eric Schultz, Jon Panozzo.
+/* Copyright 2005-2018, Lime Technology
+ * Copyright 2014-2018, Guilherme Jardim, Eric Schultz, Jon Panozzo.
+ * Copyright 2012-2018, Bergware International.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
@@ -14,13 +15,12 @@
 $docroot = $docroot ?? $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] ?: '/usr/local/emhttp';
 require_once "$docroot/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/DockerClient.php";
 
-// Autostart file
-global $dockerManPaths;
 $autostart_file = $dockerManPaths['autostart-file'];
 $template_repos = $dockerManPaths['template-repos'];
+$user_prefs = $dockerManPaths['user-prefs'];
 
 // Update the start/stop configuration
-if ($_POST['action'] == "autostart" ){
+if ($_POST['action'] == 'autostart' ){
   $json = ($_POST['response'] == 'json') ? true : false;
 
   if (!$json) readfile("$docroot/update.htm");
@@ -28,21 +28,27 @@ if ($_POST['action'] == "autostart" ){
   $container = urldecode(($_POST['container']));
   unset($_POST['container']);
 
-  $allAutoStart = @file($autostart_file, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
-  if ($allAutoStart===FALSE) $allAutoStart = [];
+  $allAutoStart = @file($autostart_file, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES) ?: [];
   $key = array_search($container, $allAutoStart);
-  if ($key===FALSE) {
+  if ($key===false) {
     array_push($allAutoStart, $container);
     if ($json) echo json_encode(['autostart' => true]);
-  }
-  else {
+  } else {
     unset($allAutoStart[$key]);
     if ($json) echo json_encode(['autostart' => false]);
   }
-  file_put_contents($autostart_file, implode(PHP_EOL, $allAutoStart).(count($allAutoStart)? PHP_EOL : ""));
+  // sort containers for start-up
+  if (file_exists($user_prefs)) {
+    $prefs = parse_ini_file($user_prefs); $sort = [];
+    foreach ($allAutoStart as $ct) $sort[] = array_search($ct,$prefs) ?? 999;
+    array_multisort($sort,SORT_NUMERIC,$allAutoStart);
+  } else {
+    natcasesort($allAutoStart);
+  }
+  $allAutoStart ? file_put_contents($autostart_file, implode(PHP_EOL, $allAutoStart).PHP_EOL) : @unlink($autostart_file);
 }
 
-if ($_POST['#action'] == "templates" ){
+if ($_POST['#action'] == 'templates' ){
   readfile("$docroot/update.htm");
   $repos = $_POST['template_repos'];
   file_put_contents($template_repos, $repos);
diff --git a/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/UserPrefs.php b/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/UserPrefs.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c40e65d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/UserPrefs.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?PHP
+/* Copyright 2005-2018, Lime Technology
+ * Copyright 2015-2018, Derek Macias, Eric Schultz, Jon Panozzo.
+ * Copyright 2012-2018, Bergware International.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ */
+?>
+<?
+$docroot = $docroot ?? $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] ?: '/usr/local/emhttp';
+require_once "$docroot/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/DockerClient.php";
+
+$autostart_file = $dockerManPaths['autostart-file'];
+$user_prefs = $dockerManPaths['user-prefs'];
+
+$names = explode(';',$_POST['names']);
+$index = explode(';',$_POST['index']);
+$save  = []; $i = 0;
+
+foreach ($names as $name) if ($name) $save[] = $index[$i++]."=\"".$name."\""; else $i++;
+file_put_contents($user_prefs, implode("\n",$save)."\n");
+
+// sort containers for start-up
+if (file_exists($autostart_file)) {
+  $prefs = parse_ini_file($user_prefs); $sort = [];
+  $allAutoStart = file($autostart_file, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
+  foreach ($allAutoStart as $ct) $sort[] = array_search($ct,$prefs) ?? 999;
+  array_multisort($sort,SORT_NUMERIC,$allAutoStart);
+  file_put_contents($autostart_file, implode(PHP_EOL, $allAutoStart).PHP_EOL);
+}
+?>
diff --git a/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/VMMachines.page b/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/VMMachines.page
index 06de1ddc0..8ddc56d99 100644
--- a/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/VMMachines.page
+++ b/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/VMMachines.page
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ div.PanelText{display:none;}
 th.five{width:5%}
 </style>
 <table class="tablesorter shift kvm" id="kvm_table">
-<thead><tr><th><i class="fa fa-th-list"></i></th><th>Name</th><th>Description</th><th>CPUs</th><th>Memory</th><th>vDisks</th><th>Graphics</th><th class="five">Autostart</th><th class="five"><i class="fa fa-sort"></i></th></tr></thead>
+<thead><tr><th><i class="fa fa-th-list"></i></th><th>Name</th><th>Description</th><th>CPUs</th><th>Memory</th><th>vDisks</th><th>Graphics</th><th class="five">Autostart</th><th class="five" style="text-align:right;padding-right:24px"><i class="fa fa-sort"></i></th></tr></thead>
 <tbody id="kvm_list"><tr><td colspan='9' style='text-align:center;padding:24px'><i class='fa fa-circle-o-notch fa-spin fa-3x fa-fw'></i></td></tr></tbody>
 </table>
 <input type="button" onclick="addVM()" id="btnAddVM" value="Add VM" style="display:none">
diff --git a/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/include/VMMachines.php b/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/include/VMMachines.php
index f81d1d667..a2592f7e7 100644
--- a/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/include/VMMachines.php
+++ b/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/include/VMMachines.php
@@ -16,18 +16,18 @@ $docroot = $docroot ?? $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] ?: '/usr/local/emhttp';
 require_once "$docroot/webGui/include/Helpers.php";
 require_once "$docroot/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/include/libvirt_helpers.php";
 
-$cfg = '/boot/config/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/userprefs.cfg';
+$user_prefs = '/boot/config/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/userprefs.cfg';
 $vms = $lv->get_domains();
 if (empty($vms)) {
   echo '<tr><td colspan="8" style="text-align:center;padding-top:12px">No Virtual Machines installed</td></tr>';
   return;
 }
-if (file_exists($cfg)) {
-  $prefs = parse_ini_file($cfg); $sort = [];
+if (file_exists($user_prefs)) {
+  $prefs = parse_ini_file($user_prefs); $sort = [];
   foreach ($vms as $vm) $sort[] = array_search($vm,$prefs) ?? 999;
   array_multisort($sort,SORT_NUMERIC,$vms);
 } else {
-  natsort($vms);
+  natcasesort($vms);
 }
 $i = 0;
 $menu = [];
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ foreach ($vms as $vm) {
   echo "<td title='$diskdesc'>$disks</td>";
   echo "<td>$graphics</td>";
   echo "<td><input class='autostart' type='checkbox' name='auto_{$vm}' title='Toggle VM auostart' uuid='$uuid' $auto></td>";
-  echo "<td><a href='#' title='Move row up'><i class='fa fa-arrow-up up'></i></a>&nbsp;<a href='#' title='Move row down'><i class='fa fa-arrow-down down'></i></a></td></tr>";
+  echo "<td style='text-align:right;padding-right:12px'><a href='#' title='Move row up'><i class='fa fa-arrow-up up'></i></a>&nbsp;<a href='#' title='Move row down'><i class='fa fa-arrow-down down'></i></a></td></tr>";
 
   /* Disk device information */
   echo "<tr id='name".($i++)."' style='display:none'>";
diff --git a/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/include/VMManager.php b/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/include/VMManager.php
index 5ed5b0f1c..0f2234ba4 100644
--- a/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/include/VMManager.php
+++ b/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/include/VMManager.php
@@ -15,9 +15,20 @@
 $docroot = $docroot ?? $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] ?: '/usr/local/emhttp';
 require_once "$docroot/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/include/libvirt_helpers.php";
 
+$user_prefs = '/boot/config/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/userprefs.cfg';
+
 $act = $_POST['action'];
 $vms = $lv->get_domains();
 
+if (file_exists($user_prefs)) {
+  $prefs = parse_ini_file($user_prefs); $sort = [];
+  foreach ($vms as $vm) $sort[] = array_search($vm,$prefs) ?? 999;
+  array_multisort($sort,SORT_NUMERIC,$vms);
+} else {
+  natcasesort($vms);
+}
+if ($act=='stop') $vms = array_reverse($vms);
+
 foreach ($vms as $vm) {
   $res = $lv->get_domain_by_name($vm);
   $uuid = $lv->domain_get_uuid($res);
diff --git a/plugins/dynamix/include/DashboardApps.php b/plugins/dynamix/include/DashboardApps.php
index 5a58163c4..a990f2335 100644
--- a/plugins/dynamix/include/DashboardApps.php
+++ b/plugins/dynamix/include/DashboardApps.php
@@ -20,14 +20,22 @@ require_once "$docroot/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/include/libvirt_helpers.php";
 $display = $_POST['display'];
 
 if (pgrep('dockerd')!==false && ($display=='icons' || $display=='docker')) {
-  $DockerClient    = new DockerClient();
+  $user_prefs = $dockerManPaths['user-prefs'];
+  $DockerClient = new DockerClient();
   $DockerTemplates = new DockerTemplates();
-  $containers      = $DockerClient->getDockerContainers() ?: [];
-  $Allinfo = $DockerTemplates->getAllInfo();
+  $all_containers = $DockerClient->getDockerContainers();
+  $all_info = $DockerTemplates->getAllInfo();
   $menu = [];
-  foreach ($containers as $ct) {
+
+  if (file_exists($user_prefs)) {
+    $prefs = parse_ini_file($user_prefs); $sort = [];
+    foreach ($all_containers as $ct) $sort[] = array_search($ct['Name'],$prefs) ?? 999;
+    array_multisort($sort,SORT_NUMERIC,$all_containers);
+  }
+
+  foreach ($all_containers as $ct) {
     $name = $ct['Name'];
-    $info = &$Allinfo[$name];
+    $info = &$all_info[$name];
     $id = $ct['Id'];
     $imageID = $ct['ImageId'];
     $is_autostart = $info['autostart'] ? 'true':'false';
@@ -50,14 +58,14 @@ if (pgrep('dockerd')!==false && ($display=='icons' || $display=='docker')) {
 }
 
 if (pgrep('libvirtd')!==false && ($display=='icons' || $display=='vms')) {
-  $txt = '/boot/config/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/userprefs.txt';
+  $user_prefs = '/boot/config/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/userprefs.cfg';
   $vms = $lv->get_domains();
-  if (file_exists($txt)) {
-    $prefs = parse_ini_file($txt); $sort = [];
-    foreach ($vms as $vm) $sort[] = $prefs[$vm] ?? 999;
+  if (file_exists($user_prefs)) {
+    $prefs = parse_ini_file($user_prefs); $sort = [];
+    foreach ($vms as $vm) $sort[] = array_search($vm,$prefs) ?? 999;
     array_multisort($sort,SORT_NUMERIC,$vms);
   } else {
-    natsort($vms);
+    natcasesort($vms);
   }
   foreach ($vms as $vm) {
     $res = $lv->get_domain_by_name($vm);